mortificação

/muɾ.ti.fi.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//muɾ.ti.fi.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“mortificação” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,362 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,362
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de mortificar

Corpus desk

Index PT-mortificacao · mortificação · Portuguese

mortificação · rank #77,362 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,362
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH moringa

Nearest frequency peer: moringa (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “mortificação”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “mortificação” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mortificação
PropertyValue
Headwordmortificação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/muɾ.ti.fi.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters12
Frequency rank#77,362
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “mortificação” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).mortificaçãocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “moringa” (#77,361), “naftalina” (#77,372), “miado” (#77,349). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mortificação” fica em #77,362. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mortificação is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,362 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /muɾ.ti.fi.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

mortificação doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is mortificação, spelled M-O-R-T-I-F-I-C-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de mortificar
  2. 2
    aflição; tormento
  3. 3
    paralisia parcial

This word in other languages

mortification(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mortificação"?
"mortificação" is spelled M-O-R-T-I-F-I-C-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /muɾ.ti.fi.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "mortificação" mean?
As a noun, "mortificação" means: ato ou efeito de mortificar
How do you pronounce "mortificação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mortificação" is /muɾ.ti.fi.kɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mortificação" come from?
"mortificação" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mortificação", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

estruturante#77,139gerontologia#78,001selecionador#76,704pluviosidade#76,615

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list